The Life of North American InsectsHarper & Brothers, 1859 - 319 páginas |
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 24 - Gul in her bloom ; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute ; Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In colour though varied, in beauty may vie...
Página 90 - Thou surpassest, happier far Happiest grasshoppers that are ; Theirs is but a summer's song, Thine endures the winter long, Unimpaired and shrill and clear Melody throughout the year.
Página 74 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left...
Página 133 - Silkworms, the durability of which is such that a garment of Tusseh silk is scarcely worn out in the lifetime of one person, but often descends from mother to daughter ; and even the covers of palanquins made of it, though exposed to the influence of the weather, last many years. Experiments have been made with the silk of the Cecropia, which has been carded and spun, and woven into stockings that wash like linen.
Página 221 - ... glue for its carpentry — wax for its cells — poison for its enemies — honey for its master — with a proboscis almost as long as the body itself, microscopic in its several parts, telescopic in its mode of action — with a sting so infinitely sharp, that, were it magnified by the same glass which makes a needle's point seem a quarter of an inch, it would yet itself be invisible, and this too a hollow tube — that all these varied operations and contrivances should be enclosed within...
Página 46 - Child of the sun! pursue thy rapturous flight. Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light. And where the flowers of paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold : There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky. Expand and shut with silent ecstasy.
Página 86 - LITTLE inmate, full of mirth Chirping on my kitchen hearth. Wheresoe'er be thine abode, Always harbinger of good, Pay me for thy warm retreat With a song more soft and sweet ; In return thou shalt receive Such a strain as I can give.
Página 221 - That within so small a body should be contained apparatus for converting the " virtuous sweets " which it collects into one kind of nourishment for itself — another for the common brood — a third for the royal— glue for its carpentry — wax for its cells — poison for its enemies — honey for its master — with a proboscis almost as long as the body itself, microscopic in its several parts, telescopic in its mode of action— with a sting so infinitely sharp, that, were it magnified by...
Página 54 - ... seventy-five years. The most extraordinary ward was that appropriated to rats, mice, bugs, and other noxious vermin : the overseers of the hospital frequently hire beggars from the streets, for a stipulated sum, to pass a night...
Página 79 - ... their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer Being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy Reason, would he skip and play?